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Space

Space Shuttle Endeavour To Undock At 7:56 P.M. ET Today; Landing Set For 7:01 P.M. ET Wednesday At KSC

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

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Space Shuttle Endeavour at 7:56 p.m. ET today will undock from the International Space Station (ISS), wrapping up a marathon 16-day mission that saw five spacewalks and myriad accomplishments. Endeavour is slated to land at Kennedy Space Center at 7:01 p.m. Wednesday, in what so far has been a smooth, productive voyage. The record mission saw multiple accomplishments during a total 33 hours of spacewalks. Those advances were achieved by the seven Endeavour crew members and the Expedition 16 crew…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]